BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sabre//Sabre VObject 4.5.7//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Zurich X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Zurich TZURL:http://tzurl.org/zoneinfo/Europe/Zurich BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19810329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19961027T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:news1670@zasb.unibas.ch DTSTAMP;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200602T152743 DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20200603T150000 SUMMARY:Webinar: Africa Continental Free Trade Area DESCRIPTION:While a continental free trade area (CFTA) did not feature exp licitly in the Abuja Treaty adopted by the African Union in 1991 and in e ffect since May 1994\, it was deemed a logical step along the way to a co ntinental Customs Union. The milestone African Union Protocol on Free Mov ement of Persons\, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment was adopt ed by the 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ab aba\, Ethiopia\, on 29 January 2018. The African Continental Free Area (A fCFTA) was officially launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the Afr ican Union in Niamey\, Niger on July 7\, 2019.   \\r\\nFurthermore\, Afr ican Diaspora remains deeply connected to the continent\, expanding their remittances over the last two decades. These include contribution to the well-being of families\, philanthropic projects that target public servic es and investments that generate spillover effects in the local economies in the countries and regions of origin. Recent estimates showed that remi ttances sent by the over 30 million African migrant workers reached more than US$ 85 billion in 2018\, supporting over 200 million family members living back home thereby enhancing significantly socio-economic growth.   \\r\\nThis webinar will among others seek to explain the process leading to the AfCFTA agreement\, appreciate the role that regional integration c ould play in Africa’s economic growth and development and critically as sess what it would take for AfCFTA to deliver on its mandate\, what are th e possible impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the implementation of AfCFTA as well as on remittances.\\r\\nPrudence Sebahizi\, Head of AfCFTA\, Director ate of Trade and Industry\, African Union Commission AUC\, Addis Ababa\, E thiopia \\r\\nAmadou Cissé\, Director\, African Institute of Remittances\ , AIR\, Nairobi\, Kenya   \\r\\nWednesday\, 3rd of June 2020\, 15.00 by Z oom \\r\\n(Link and password can be found in the Infosheet below) X-ALT-DESC:

While a continental free trade area (CFTA) did not feature e xplicitly in the Abuja Treaty adopted by the African Union in 1991 and in effect since May 1994\, it was deemed a logical step along the way to a continental Customs Union. The milestone African Union Protocol on Free M ovement of Persons\, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment was ado pted by the 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa\, Ethiopia\, on 29 January 2018. The African Continental Free Area (AfCFTA) was officially launched at the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the A frican Union in Niamey\, Niger on July 7\, 2019.  \;

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Furtherm ore\, African Diaspora remains deeply connected to the continent\, expand ing their remittances over the last two decades. These include contributi on to the well-being of families\, philanthropic projects that target pub lic services and investments that generate spillover effects in the local economies in the countries and regions of origin. Recent estimates showed that remittances sent by the over 30 million African migrant workers rea ched more than US$ 85 billion in 2018\, supporting over 200 million famil y members living back home thereby enhancing significantly socio-economic growth.  \;

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This webinar will among others seek to explain th e process leading to the AfCFTA agreement\, appreciate the role that regi onal integration could play in Africa’s economic growth and development and critically assess what it would take for AfCFTA to deliver on its man date\, what are the possible impact of Covid-19 pandemic on the implementa tion of AfCFTA as well as on remittances.

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Wednesday\, 3rd of June 2020\, 15.00 by Zoom

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(Link and password can be found in t he Infosheet below)

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